10 Inspirational Typography Posters Typography should inspire. Motivate one to create. Shine a light to a dark corner and uplift a broken spirit. I hope these designs inspire you in your next project or assignment. “As the saying goes, type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters.” All images below link to the full-sized image for a better view. “Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing.” “Typography is two-dimensional architecture, based on experience and imagination, and guided by rules and readability. “Wouldn’t it be interesting if there were only one typeface in the world? “Most people think typography is about fonts. “Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts.”El Lizzitsky “Typography needs to be audible. “Faces of type are like men’s faces. “You cannot understand typography and typefaces without knowledge and you can’t keep that knowledge for only yourself. Enjoyed the article?
typography posters 9 Amazing Type Designers to Inspire You | Webelemint Type design is a growing field these days, from beautiful labels for beer and coffee to custom typography, type designers have a lot to work with. In this post we feature some of the top type designers from around the world. Some are amazing new type designers, others have been around for a while. They are the creators of beautiful logos, awesome labels, and creative typographic layouts. 1. Sean McCabe (aka Sean Wes) is an extraordinary type designer. 2. Jordan Metcalf is a type designer from the lovely city of Cape Town, South Africa. 3. Nick Slater the extraordinaire! 4. Claire Coullon is an independent designer from the Czech Republic. 5. Michael Spitz is an independent designer from the United States; however, he lives in the beautiful country of Croatia! 6. Dana Tanamachi is by far one of the most unique and talented type designers. 7. Sergey is a passionate independent designer from Moscow, Russia! 8. Simon Alander is a Swedish Letterer with a passion for beautiful typography. 9.
Explorations in Typography / Mastering the Art of Fine Typesetting Tyrsamisu Thinking with Type | Home Ellen Lupton’s top ten favorite typographic posters of all time Playtype | Typographer's Glossary Serif: Serif's are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). Some of the main classifications of Serif type are: Blackletter, Venetian, Garalde, Modern, Slab Serif, Transitional, and Informal. Fonts in each classfication share certain similiar characteristics including the shape or appearance of their serifs. Serif fonts are widely used in traditional printed material such as books and newspapers. Show all Serif Didone is a typeface classification characterized by slab-like serifs without brackets; vertical orientation of weight axes.
Allver Chromeography - photos of emblems, badges, logos on cars & other objects Alan Kitching Alan Kitching is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. Alan Kitching is renowned for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in creating visuals for commissions and his own limited edition prints. Alan Kitching has had solo shows in London and Barcelona, and contributed to various group exhibitions including the Pompidou Centre Paris, the British Library and the Barbican Art Gallery London. In 1994 Alan Kitching was appointed Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) and elected member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). Alan is Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Art and Visiting Professor, University of the Arts London. Previous clients include: Borough Market, The British Library, Creative Review, D&AD, Dazed & Confused, The Guardian, The National Theatre, Penguin Books, The Times, Royal Mail, Saatchi & Saatchi, Scheufelen Paper, Clark's Shoes, Random House,AOL and the Tate Modern
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